Disk-record cabinet.



T; H. SENTBLL.

DISK RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.25,1909.

@aimed Jim 5, 199g.

comioanying drawing, and

THOMAS Il'. SENTELL, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

DISK-RECORD CABINET.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patenten June 15, 1909.

Application leld February 25, 1909. Serial No. 480,017.

To all whom it may concern:

"l3e it known that l, THOMAS il. SENTELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Santa Barbara, in the county of Santa Bar- 5 bara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Disk-Record Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to a container or l cabinet for'disk records of sound reproducing machines,

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a cabinet for disk records ot various sizes in which the records are arranged to lie perfectly flat to prevent any surface distortion or warping, and to isolate each record in a separate chamber or compartment, wherey they are-insured against dust accumulations and the deleterious influences of atrnosn pheric elements, and whereironi they may be removed and replaced quickly and with perfeet accuracy.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cabinet for the disk records of sound reproducing machines, in which records ol various sizes may be kept separated, and only one compartment containing one set of records of a certain size exposed for selection. and use at a time.

A further obj ect of this inventionis to provide for a convenient arrangement and storage ofwdisk records by superposing the rec- Ords to' lie horizontal and to integrally co1nbine with such a provision a suitable and concise'indexing system for the individual recordsin the tiers in avoidancevof the anno 'ing 'and troublesome necessity for conen ting a separate index, as has hitherto been. the custom.

lVith these and other objects in View, this L invention consists of the features, details of construction and combination -of parts as will be desoribedin connection with the acthen he more particularly pointed ou t in theI claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the cabinet, closer. Fig. 2, is a front elevation, partially broken, showing a'portion of the snelves of the compartment Y for the larger records,l and a ortion of the shelves' in the compartments or the smaller Y records, 'the indexing strips and the shelves intermediate the respective record compartments tor sundry purposes, and Fig. 3, is a transverse 'section showing the revoluhle drum, the compartments and casing for the drum.

Specific reference being had to the drawing, 1 designates a box or casing provided with a sub-floor 2, which rests on joists 3, fastened to or made a part of the panel or molding 4. Togive rigidity to said subfioor 2, a block 5 is employed, which block is disposed centrallyof and secured to said suhi'loor 2. Said sub-fioor 2 and block 5 are provided with casters which extend slightly s beyond the lowermost edge of the panelor molding 4, and the subfloor is secured to the corner posts 7 of the box or casing l, in any suitable manner, as for inetanceby screws 8 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. s'ocketed washer 9 isseton the top of said sub-fioor 2, and arranged to o crate in said socket, is a ball-caster l() 'fixe to a plate 11 which forms a support for the base 1 2, of a drum 13, the top 14 of which drum is also provided with a washer 15 having a socket, for the accommodation ot a hall-caster lse/cured to a block 17 in the top of the casing 1. By this construction, as is obvious, the drum may revolve within the casing or box 1. Interposed between and fastened to said and the base 12 of the drum 13, are a plurality of standards or walls 18 dadoed on the inside to receive shelves 19, which standards or walls also 'form a support as Well as a strengthening means for the hase and top of the drum. lt will be noted that the corn-v top 14 Y I partment A formed by the walls 18, is condoes of the standards or walls 1 8, are insured against accidental displacement rearwardly by stanohions 20, to which the said uprights i or walls 1S are fastened.. These stanchions project beyond the line. of joint with the walls, and against the projectingportion of these stanchions the rear edges ofthe shelves abut.

The withdrawal ofthe shelves from the front `is prevented hy strips 22 which are fastened to the edges of the standards or walls 1 8. These stri s serve a two fold pur pose in that they hole the shelves securely in place and at the saine time may be used for indexing the contents of the cabinet* 0n i shelves, and a resilient baiting means beone of the two strips l'or each compartment may be imprinted the numbers of the selections, While on the other ol said strips may appear the appellative titles of the records; and these designations ol the recor', ed selections may be allixed in any manner most suited by the user. By thus disposing on opposite sides of each compartment the aforedescribed indexing strips, the necessity lor a separate indexing system, either by card or catalogue, is dispensed with, and the lull title and number appears exactly opposite each shelf ol the compartment when the drum is revolved to bring the desired size records in register with the door of the cabinet or box 1.

r[he records 23 which are arranged to be placed in the`, tiers ot' lthe drum, extend slightly beyond the edges of the shelves in order to facilitate the withdrawal of each record, and'each record in the respective compartments of the drum is arranged to abut against a post 24 disposed slightly eccentrically ol the top and base of the drum, which post forms a stop for the records when placed in the shelves after having been used. 'l'his post may be made of or covered with resilient or yielding material to prevent damage or injury to the edges of the records when placed in the tiers lhurriedly and to prevent all contact of the edges ol the records in the various compartments. As seen from the sectional illustration this pestis disposed in such relative position to the compartments that it forms a common stop lor all the records. 'lo give additional streiigth to the drum 13,1 have provided a plurality oi shelves 25 which are fastened to the outside of the walls 18, and which shelves may be used for sundry purposes as for the storing of needles, sound boxes and other parts connected with a talhing machine.

l am aware that it is old to provide a cabi net for talking machine records with superposed trays or shelves and do not claim generically a cabinet having record receiving trays, but

What i. do claim, is:

l. A cabinet comprising a casing having a sub-Hoor, a drum revolubly mounted on said liool' and within said casing, said drum being provided with a plurality oi' compartments of varying sizes having record receiving l I l l l l l tween said compartments to keep thel records therein contained isolated.

2. A cabinet comprising a casing having a sub-Hoor, a bearing plate on said sub-Hoor, a

drum, a ball caster secured to the bottom thereof and arranged to operate in said plate, said drum being divided into compartments of various sizes and having record receiving shelves, a post disposed eccentrieally of said drum and forming a stop lor the various records, a plate secured to the top of said drum, and a ball easter Alixed to the casing and arranged to operate in said plate.

3. A cabinet comprising a casing having a sub-floor, a reinforcing block for said subi'loor, a socketed plate on said subiloor, a drum, a supporting plate therefor provided with a ball caster arranged to operate in said plateJ said drum being divided into various sized compartments having record receiving shelves, a post disposed centrally of said compartments but eccontrically of said drum, said post forming a stop for the various records, a plate iixed to the topy of said drum', and a ball caster secured to the top of said casing, said ball caster being arranged to operate in said plate.

l. Ll. A cabinet comprising a casing liavmg a sub-lloor, a drum revolubly' mounted on said lloor and within said casing, said drum being' provided with compartments of varying sizes and having record receiving shelves, and arranged to revolve on ball casters disposed centrally oi' said. drum, and a post disposed eccentrically of said drum to keep isolated the records of the various compartments.

A cabinet comprising a casing having a sub-lloor, a drum mounted within said casing and on said llooi, said drum being provided with compartments having record receiving shelves ol various sizes, said drum also boing provided on the bottoni thereof lwith a ball caster, a plurality of reinforcing and indexing strips on said drum and a post disposed within and eceentrically of said drum to keep the records therein contained isolated.

ln testimony whereof, l allix my signature in the presence ol" two witnesses.

THOMAS ll. blGN'lELL.

W i tnesses:

U. W Tnonrson, WM. 5. Fortran. 

